Activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram after the Delhi High Court ordered his transfer from Safdarjung Hospital over health concerns. Wangchuk, on a 24-day hunger strike, has been admitted to the ICU for close medical supervision.

Keeping the activist at the facility was not ‘medical care’ but ‘illegal detention’, said Gitanjali Angmo.

The Delhi High Court will urgently hear a plea concerning climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. His wife seeks to move him from Safdarjung Hospital to a private facility. She alleged…